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Saturday, October 14, 2006

How many pieces do you see?

How many pieces does it take to make a 26 inch by 38 inch quilt? The answer is, way too many.

5543, to be exact. This quilt has been shown inbitsand pieces a few times, and I have received some questions as to what it really looks like and how big is it.

Well, here you go, and here are some pictures to show the 1/4 inch hexagons in relation to a quarter and a nickel so you can get a reference.

This is all hand cut and hand sewn. There are roughly 5 to 7 stitches to a side which works out to be 20 to 24 stitches to the inch. Over 11,990 hours counting ironing, cutting, layout, tear out, relaying out and piecing.

I hope to make at least two more as I have three daughters; I want each to have one when I die.

My goodness! That is stunning! Once you work out the actual scale.... even more stunning!I've done small Items with hexagons and english piecing (that was how I learned to sew) but much larger hexagons and only cushions. WOW